Editing Tracey Ullman (section)

===''The Tracey Ullman Show''===
[[File:Tracey Ullman 1987.jpg|thumb|Ullman in 1987]]
In 1985, Ullman was persuaded by her husband, British independent television producer, [[Allan McKeown]], to join him in [[Los Angeles]], where he was already partially based.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Mills |first=Nancy |date=19 November 2000 |title=A Demented Pixie Grows Up |journal=You Magazine |pages=29–32}}</ref> She set her sights on a film and stage career, believing that there was little in the way of television for her.<ref name="realcharacter">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/25/movies/television-tracey-ullman-she-s-a-real-character.html |title=Television – Tracey Ullman: She's a Real Character |last=O'Connor |first=Thomas |date=25 September 1988 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="goldfinger">{{cite journal |last=Farr |first=Louise |date=20 February 1988 |title=Enter Ullman, Swinging from a Rope and Singing 'Goldfinger' |journal=TV Guide }}</ref> Her British agent put together a videotape compilation of her work and began circulating it around Hollywood. The tape landed in the hands of Craig Kellem, vice president of comedy at [[Universal Television]].<ref name="skitcom"/> A deal was immediately struck with [[CBS]]. ''I Love New York'', a show about a "slightly wacky" British woman working in New York, was written by ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' writer [[Anne Beatts]].<ref name="skitcom"/> Unhappy with the direction the network wanted to take the show, Ullman's agent decided to contact producer [[James L. Brooks]].<ref name="goldfinger"/><ref name="foxylady">{{cite magazine |title=Foxy Lady |last=Zehme |first=Bill |date=27 August 1987 |magazine=Rolling Stone |issn=0035-791X}}</ref> Brooks felt that a sketch show would best suit her. "Why would you do something with Tracey playing a single character on TV when her talent requires variety? You can't categorize Tracey, so it's silly to come up with a show that attempted to."<ref name="realcharacter"/><ref name="bravo">{{cite web|title=Bravo - Influences: Tracey Ullman|url=https://vimeo.com/52657083|website=Vimeo.com|publisher=Vimeo|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tracey Ullman Makes a Face|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/15/magazine/tracy-ullman-makes-a-face.html?pagewanted=1|work=The New York Times|date = 15 October 1989|access-date=28 July 2015|last1 = Lazar|first1 = Jerry}}</ref> ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'' debuted on 5 April 1987, along with ''[[Married... with Children]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fox Network at 25: Blazing Trails and Burning Bridges|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/21/arts/television/the-fox-network-celebrates-its-25th-anniversary.html?_r=0|work=The New York Times|date = 20 April 2012|access-date=15 December 2015|last1 = Hale|first1 = Mike}}</ref> The show also produced ''[[The Simpsons]]'' as a series of animated shorts, or "[[commercial bumper|bumpers]]", which would air before and after commercial breaks. [[The Simpsons Shorts|''The Simpsons'' shorts]] would eventually be spun-off into their own half-hour series in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Simpson Family Made Its Television Debut 30 Years Ago |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/simpson-family-television-debut-30-years-ago-180962482/ |work=Smithsonian Magazine |access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref> ''The Tracey Ullman Show'' was awarded ten [[Primetime Emmy Awards]], with Ullman winning three, one in the category of [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program|Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program]] in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Tracey Ullman Show |url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/tracey-ullman-show|work=Television Academy|publisher=Emmys.com|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Best Tracey Ullman Show |url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/best-tracey-ullman-show|work=Television Academy|publisher=Emmys.com|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref> The show was the first Fox network primetime show to win an Emmy award.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ullman to Leave Fox Network|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19900516&id=IgYqAAAAIBAJ&pg=6698,528720&hl=en |newspaper=Spartanburg Herald-Journal |location=Spartanburg, South Carolina |date=16 May 1990 |access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref> The show concluded after a four-season run in 1990.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=James |date=March 1991 |title=Amazing Trace |magazine=Vanity Fair |publisher=Condé Nast Publications Inc. |volume=54 |issue=3 |pages=88–90}}</ref><ref name="ullman">{{cite magazine|title=Tracey Ullman Sues Fox|url=https://www.ew.com/article/1992/10/23/tracey-ullman-sues-fox|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=Ew.com|access-date=11 December 2015}}</ref>